Tony Blair Quotes

There are unquestionably links between al-Qaida and Iraq.

The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.

All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent lasting settlement in Northern Ireland

We know British Muslims, in general, abhor the actions of the extremists.

I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.

Now you may do it badly, you may do it well, some people like you, some people hate you, all the rest of it - but you have got a real motivating life purpose. [on being Prime Minister

The appalling details of the campaign of intimidation - which include grave-robbing - show the depths to which the animal extremists are prepared to stoop.

There will be no peace in our world without an understanding of the place of religion within it.

The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power.

The view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified legally because he [Saddam Hussein] remained in breach of UN resolutions.

Fanaticism is not a state of religion but a state of mind.

I haven't got the time to sit here arguing with someone whose idea of a coherent foreign policy is what comes up in Google when you type in peace!

Your loss we count as our loss. Your struggle we take as our struggle.

There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would've killed 300,000.

And the problem is, I can apologise for the information that turned out to be wrong, but I can't, sincerely at least, apologise for removing Saddam.

Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do.

Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice.

I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.

It's not a burning ambition for me to make sure that David Beckham earns less money.

Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe that is a serious proposition.

Politics may be the art of the possible; but, at least in life, give the impossible a go.

I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the intelligence was genuine.

It is absurd to say in respect of any intelligence that it is infallible, but if you ask me what I believe, I believe the intelligence was correct, and I think in the end we will have an explanation.

My office is on Twitter. I don't tweet myself - at least, not intentionally, but I probably should do.

Look, I am very competitive.

Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay.

Sometimes and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.

I think I made the wrong career choice

Our aim is not just an educated nation but an intelligent one

It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.

If I'd proposed solving the pension problem by compulsory euthanasia for every fifth pensioner I'd have got less trouble for it.

I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.

In this day and age if you've got the technology then it's vital to use that technology to track people down. The number on the database should be the maximum number you can get.

I have never pretended to be a great House of Commons man, but I pay the House the greatest compliment I can by saying that, from first to last, I never stopped fearing it.

The British people are the boss.

We are all internationalists now, whether we like it or not...

Today the impulse towards interdependence is immeasurably greater. We are witnessing the beginnings of a new doctrine of international community.

That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.

What we have got to do now is use this event, the resignation of the whole commission, to drive through root and branch reform.

When Europe and America stand together the world is a better and more prosperous place.

There is nothing like waking up at six in the morning and changing a baby's nappy to bring you face to face with life's reality.

Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs...The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defense and our first line of attack.

Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.

But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential.

If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering. That is something I am confident history will forgive.

Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.

I think everyone's had their pound of flesh and now it's time to move on.

There should not be a party within a party.

There is no doubt as to what needs to happen. There has to be a complete rejection of the type of terrorist attacks carried out in India.

I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to Gordon as the next leader of the Labour Party and as prime minister and to endorse him fully.